Achieving Investment Excellence: A Practical Guide for Trustees of Pension Funds, Endowments and Foundations (Frank J. Fabozzi Series) - Hardcover

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KEES KOEDIJK is dean and director of TIAS Business School and a professor of finance at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He is managing editor for the Journal of International Money and Finance, and his work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Kees Koedijk has served on many investment committees and advisory boards.

ALFRED SLAGER is professor of pension fund management at TIAS Business School, and a trustee for the Dutch Pension Fund for General Practitioners. His extensive practical experience makes him a frequently invited advisor to pension funds and speaker at international events on pensions and asset management.

JAAP VAN DAM is principal director of investment strategy at PGGM, where he is responsible for the strategic change agenda for the pension fund. He chairs the European Chapter of the 300 Club and serves as member on numerous advisory boards, including the Research Committee of the International Centre for Pension Management.

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IMPROVE FUND PERFORMANCE THROUGH ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

Trustees play an essential role in the success of pension funds and other long-term asset organizations. The performance of such funds depends on the trustee’s level of knowledge and expertise. Whether you are a new or experienced trustee, Achieving Investment Excellence will help you safeguard fund performance while remaining faithful to the fund’s mission and long-term strategic goals.

Inside, you’ll learn how to effectively and confidently steer your fund’s portfolio with a thorough understanding of risk concepts, return expectations and key investment tools and benchmarks. With an ability to thoroughly assess the quality of your investment set-up, you will be ready to engage in strategic changes that can yield real, measurable gains for your fund.

The board is key in achieving long-term investment success. Achieving Investment Excellence is peppered with discussion questions, case studies and practical tools you can implement to immediately begin improving board effectiveness and fund performance. Regardless of fund size, you can realize greater returns, simply by improving your understanding of how the board designs, guides and monitors investment. Embrace the opportunity inherent in the trustee role and begin focusing the investment agenda on what really matters.

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IMPROVE FUND PERFORMANCE THROUGH ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

Trustees play an essential role in the success of pension funds and other long-term asset organizations. The performance of such funds depends on the trustee's level of knowledge and expertise. Whether you are a new or experienced trustee, Achieving Investment Excellence will help you safeguard fund performance while remaining faithful to the fund's mission and long-term strategic goals.

Inside, you'll learn how to effectively and confidently steer your fund's portfolio with a thorough understanding of risk concepts, return expectations and key investment tools and benchmarks. With an ability to thoroughly assess the quality of your investment set-up, you will be ready to engage in strategic changes that can yield real, measurable gains for your fund.

The board is key in achieving long-term investment success. Achieving Investment Excellence is peppered with discussion questions, case studies and practical tools you can implement to immediately begin improving board effectiveness and fund performance. Regardless of fund size, you can realize greater returns, simply by improving your understanding of how the board designs, guides and monitors investment. Embrace the opportunity inherent in the trustee role and begin focusing the investment agenda on what really matters.